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edwinpc29 Author

Level 1

27 points

Why does apple slow down old devices?

I am so upset with apple because i have an iPad 2 that i literally rarely ever used and is pretty much new but yet its so slow. This started after i updated my ipad i hadn't updated my iPad for about 2.5 years and then all of the sudden it just completely slowed down! I am a die hard apple fan i've had everything apple for about a decade because I thought and always believed that they made superior products. But now i am realizing that their products are not made to last! I am not the only one with this problem either my sister has a white apple macbook and same thing has happened to her! Her macbook is horribly slow and just a terribly laptop now she has only had it for about 3 years and it is literally worthless now. i don't get it apple! Why do you do this to your customers! You create nice products that only seemed to be temporary you are ripping us off! Why now i don't even want to buy an iPhone Im trying to look for alternatives! Please answer my question! Does anyone else have this issue with their apple products? This seems so suspicious! I even refuse to update my macbook air because i am afraid apple is going to slow it down!

iPad 2, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 9, 2016 4:56 PM

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John Galt

Level 10

146,618 points

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 1:32 PM

Illuminati... confirmed!

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xanadufl

Level 1

8 points

Jan 20, 2018 8:39 PM in response to DavJam

Furthermore, if it was a “battery issue” then why was I told my device needed to be upgraded due to the new features included in the ios updates instead of getting a battery replacement. This was a pure deceptive corporate strategy to boost profits and nothing less!

MichelPM

Level 10

81,290 points

Jan 20, 2018 10:27 PM in response to xanadufl

Who “told” you to do anything?

Do you EVEN KNOW anything?

No one forces you to upgrade your iDevice.

Who told you, that upgrading your iPhone 6 would improve its performance?

iOS 11 will give you new features, yes, but most times the trade off is you get a plethora of new iOS features, but sometimes those features come with a slight HIT in performance.

Up until two weeks ago, no one knew that Apple had DIRECTLY targeted iPhone 6/6S/6S Plus models by programming code into iOS 11 to purposely slow down these phones when the hardware/sofware detected a poor performing battery.

The only iDevices, directly, affected by Apple’s iOS 11 CPU slow down code was iPhone 6 and 6 variants.

The CPU was coded to slowdown to prevent constant and consistent iPhone shutdown due to prevent thermal shutdown of older iPhone 6 models older, aging, degrading, performing batteries!

The iPhone slowdown affects ONLY ONE particular iPhone lineup! Period!

Any other iDevices that have been slowed by any other iOS and/or iOS 11 are having issues for other reasons.

I have NEVER have had ANY significant slowdowns of ANY of my iDevices.

I own older iPads that are still running fairly well on iOS 9.3.5.

The only sisgificant issues I have with my older iPads is a long two minute boot up/restart times.

One these iPads are up and running, all of them are running fine!

No complaints.

My iPad Pro and my wife's iPhone SE are all running very well on the current iOS.

xanadufl

Level 1

8 points

Jan 20, 2018 10:36 PM in response to MichelPM

I’m sure my accurate post discussing

technical issues and problems caused by Apple’s ios updates will be removed as usual.

While your posts, as an Apple support community member are acceptable? You attack people who post relevant and technical concerns about the slow down issue. All you do is support Apple.

MichelPM

Level 10

81,290 points

Jan 20, 2018 10:45 PM in response to xanadufl

Your posts contain no relevent information.

They are purely based on your own opinions, assertions, rumour and conjecture.

I am supplying relevant and actual factual information that YOU choose to ignore.

Jan 28, 2018 12:25 PM in response to qw008

it's all very well to pass the whole thing back to the customers by saying that they had the choice NOT to download the iOS. I would have rather a more honest approach from Apple stating this beforehand by advising of the potential slowdown that will occur.

Can we uninstall these downloads and thus return to a time when we were happy with them? I think not.

I will be moving all my devices away from Apple and will not be returning as soon as I'm able.

MichelPM

Level 10

81,290 points

Jan 28, 2018 3:09 PM in response to Eamonn-89ADD46C

Not every iOS 11 compatible device suffers from slowdowns from iOS 11.

All my iOS 11 upgraded devices are running just fine and dandy.

And the iDevices I updated are over two years old!

You come into an Apple Supoort site just complain that your iDevice (assuming iPad?) is slow, but you don't even supply info about your iDevice and what exactly is slow about andnif you tried anything to solve its slowness.

Generally, iOS slowdowns are caused NOT by the iOS upgrade/updates, directly, but from other iOS issues.

A bunch of us could have helped to solve or mitigate some of your iOS 11 issues,but instead of coming here asking for help, you chose to sign up here and complain, instead.

Good Luck on your next non-Apple device. You’re going to need it!

Feb 13, 2018 1:49 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I have nearly all their product range and am constantly annoyed at how the ipads and ipods got alot slower. It's not hard for the worlds largest company to actually write software that knows which device it is on... saying something that is only a few years old should be replaced is completely irresponsible to the consumer, the environment and to their own reputation.